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• Laconian
  Laconian

  noun

  a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
• laconian
  laconian

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

Laconian

American  

[luh-koh-nee-uhn] / ləˈkoʊ ni ən /

noun

Laconians plural

1. a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.

2. an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Laconia.

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of Laconia.

laconian British  

/ ləˈkəʊnɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

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adjective

1. of or relating to Laconia or its inhabitants

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• Laconians
  plural

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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.

From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2018

Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon one side wall of the entrance a Laconian molossus, painted in encaustic, and accompanied by the warning inscription "Cave canem" barked at the moon and the visitor with pictured fury.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

At last, however, the war turned against him, and in a battle on Laconian ground he was stunned by a stone, and taken prisoner, with 50 more. 

From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Then swift to earth her willing prey she bore, And left her on the wide Laconian shore, Alone, at midnight, in the darkness dense.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

Now a school is a choice of a manner of life, or of something held by one or many, as for example the school of Diogenes or the Laconians.

From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Patrick, Mary Mills

This does not yet concern us over much; 'tis only so much the worse for the Laconians.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

Judged by the highest standards, Lycurgus certainly did not form the Laconians into an ideal nationality.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Ah! my dear sir, the Laconians at all events pull with vigour.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

When Archelaus appeared in Greece, the Achaeans, Laconians, and Boeotians, with the exception of Thespiae, joined him, while the Pontic fleet seized Euboea and Demetrias, a town at the head of the gulf of Pagasae.

From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.